Another Nine-Tails?!

Trust

Tsunade interlaced her fingers, resting his chin against them. "No?"

"He followed us like some kind of stalker and then cornered us in the alley like we were rodents." She growled at him.

"On my order." Akiko sighing, quickly figuring out that the woman's mind wouldn't be changed. "Naruto is in the village. You can see him, if you want." The girl quickly shook her head. "Why?" Tsunade moved one hand to sit on her desk while her other held up her hand.

"My brother is reckless. He'll hurt himself to make sure I stay in the village. He can't know I'm here."

"Alright. You two can leave." The woman nodded at Tenzo. "Bring her back to Kakashi's home."

The dark-eyed man nodded before making his way to the door and opening it, waiting for the redhead. He noticed her hug her bag of clothes tightly as she passed him, as if he try and take it from her. The made there way through the halls of the Hokage building.

'Give him a chance, Akiko. If he wanted, or was ordered, to hurt you. He would have done so already.' The girl grumbled at her beast inaudibly. She knew there was something the vixen wasn't telling her.

"Kakashi seems to trust you, but I don't. I hope you know that."

Tenzo resisted the urge to smile at her. "I can deal with that. I have no problem with making you listen to me through intimidation. I'm not like Kakashi, despite my respect for him."

"You can try." Her eyes flashed red.

"Then we can work together, and not against each other." He suddenly felt hungry. "Did Kakashi feed you? I mean, did you have dinner?"

Akiko tilted her head in confusion. Not about his question, but the way he phrased it. "You're not a people person, are you?"

"I guess you could say that. But I'm not exactly around people too often, so. Did you eat or not?"

"Yeah, I did. But Karma wants rabbit."

"Wait, she talks to you?"

"Yeah," she tapped the side of her head. "All the time. She helps me during fights, and she's there when I need someone to talk to."

'Someone is following us, inform him.' Karma growled, causing her host to stop. The brown-haired man stopped a few feet a head of her when he realized she had stopped.

"Tenzo, someone's following us." She tried to see if she could sense them, but it proved to be fruitless. "And I can't sense them."

Tenzo looked around, searching for the culprit. When he found nothing he held out his hand. "Come here." Akiko took a step forward before a kunai was thrown between them.

"You'd think the Hokage building would be more protected." The redhead slowly looked over her shoulder as she recognized the voice. Kabuto stood at the end of the hall, a deadly glare on his face. He wasn't happy.

Tenzo retracted his hand, ready for any move the medic would make. He knew the boy wasn't someone to be underestimated. No medical user was. "You shouldn't have come here. You're wanted for aiding Orochimaru in his attempt to destory the Hidden Leaf Village. You've condemned yourself to life in prison."

He scoffed, shaking his head. "You're not the first person to threaten me with that. And you won't be the last."

"I'm not like anything you've faced before. I will capture you."

"I doubt that." He walked forward, placing gentle a hand on Akiko's shoulder. "But you're with her."

"Leave her alone. You and Orochimaru have tormented her for long enough."

"Tormented her?" Kabuto let out a dry chuckle. "Whatever information you have, is inaccurate. We haven't tormented her." He definitely wasn't happy.